So I went into Marshall Music today and asked if they had a ukulele. They had ONE. A Fender concert ukulele. I put my hands on it, strummed it a couple times, and fell in LOVE with it. It was $300 so there was no way I was paying that. But now that I definitely know I want a concert uke. It felt just so right in my hands. Like...we were meant to be together. There's a Mahalo concert uke on Amazon for $50. I think I am going to buy it.

biscuit wrote:It's kind of pricey ordering all the way from NZ (I just spent all my money on ukes )

Nice save pretending the parcel was for your neighbour So how will you explain it's appearance later on? Good luck with playing!

I'm taking some tabs with me to practice in the car on our way to the south of Norway today. My husband can hardly wait to spend 5 hours in a confined space with two ukes and a guitar It'll be like the phones4u ad, only slightly cooler ..and much, much longer

The first half of the trip went really well, and my Heartache is close to perfect now I need something else to practice on...

What do you reckon are good songs for beginners, Indy?

Does anyone know where I would be able to find uke chords for One By One?

I was hoping McKenzie would have arrived in the post at my mum and dad's, as I ordered him here from stringzone so that I would be sure to have him with me on holiday, but he's nowhere to be seen I'm crossing my fingers that he'll be here before I leave in the morning...

I rather fear I'll be stuck with Hayley the Ukulele for another week (my daughter is adopting the cheap Morgan and has already named her )

Yes, I can't argue with the name My son has named his uke Miss January Seriously!

(It is a lot more innocent than it sounds though. In the Oxford Reading Tree books at school Kipper's teacher is named Miss May and that's how he came up with Miss January )

Oh, and I finally ordered the Kiwi uke book. It turned out NZ dollars aren't really worth a lot compared to local currency, so the book came out probably about a tenner (Â£) cheaper than it would have been to buy equivalent in high street shop. And that's including P&P

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I still can't decide between a concert and tenor uke. I really like the sound of a tenor uke - the fact you get that low G to fill out the chords a bit, but I also like the sound, size and price of the concert uke. What do you guys think? You guys know way more about this than I do.

Kel: I couldn't tell you, I'm afraid. I've only tried the soprano...I think I know far too little about ukes, but now that I'm gaining skills in playing I won't be as scared to go into a shop and try different kinds.

I also think I'm developing a serious addiction to buying ukes... Am already looking at Flukes for when I get better

McKenzie was a no-show today as well, so me and daughter is sharing Hayley the Ukulele for a week. She is getting really good too! I'm so impressed

biscuit wrote:Kel: I couldn't tell you, I'm afraid. I've only tried the soprano...I think I know far too little about ukes, but now that I'm gaining skills in playing I won't be as scared to go into a shop and try different kinds.

I also think I'm developing a serious addiction to buying ukes... Am already looking at Flukes for when I get better

McKenzie was a no-show today as well, so me and daughter is sharing Hayley the Ukulele for a week. She is getting really good too! I'm so impressed

indigo_jones wrote:Kelly, it really is a personal choice. Try them out and go with what feels right.

biscuit, one of my favorite songs to play on the uke -- and an easy three-chord one -- is called Ukulele Me, by Stephen Merrit.

The only music store in town that had a uke, only had the concert uke. And as I said upthread, I put my hands on it and fell in love with it. Were it not for the $300 price tag, it'd be in my arms right now *sniffle*. HOWEVER, I really love the SOUND of a tenor uke. Though the concert and tenor seem to sound similar...maybe start with a concert and go from there?